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BreachForums to be shut down after all for fear of law enforcement infiltration

March 23, 2023 admin breachforums, dark web, data breaches, FBI, news, pompompurin

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After the arrest of the administrator of the Dark Web site BreachForums there was talk about keeping it alive, but now the forums will be shut down for fear of law enforcement infiltration.

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Google Suspends Chinese E-Commerce App Pinduoduo Over Malware

March 22, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, breachforums, bytedance, darknavy, data breaches, google, Latest Warnings, liu huafang, pdd holdings, pinduoduo, project zero, temu, TikTok, Web Fraud 2.0, weibo

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:11:08 +0000

Google says it has suspended the app for the Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo after malware was found in versions of the app. The move comes just weeks after Chinese security researchers published an analysis suggesting the popular e-commerce app sought to seize total control over affected devices by exploiting multiple security vulnerabilities in a variety of Android-based smartphones.

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Feds Charge NY Man as BreachForums Boss “Pompompurin”

March 17, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, breachforums, conor brian fitzpatrick, dc health link, FBI, john langmire, Ne'er-Do-Well News, pompompurin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:39:22 +0000

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week arrested a New York man on suspicion of running BreachForums, a popular English-language cybercrime forum where some of the world biggest hacked databases routinely first show up for sale. The forum’s administrator “Pompompurin” has been a thorn in the side of the FBI for years, and BreachForums is widely considered a reincarnation of RaidForums, a remarkably similar crime forum that the FBI infiltrated and dismantled in 2022.

Security Sophos

The scammers who scam scammers on cybercrime forums: Part 4

December 28, 2022 admin breachforums, exploit, Featured, marketplaces, scams, sophos x-ops, threat research, XSS

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:00:01 +0000

A shadowy sub-economy is more than just a curiosity – it’s booming business, and also an opportunity for defenders. In the fourth and final part of our series, we look at how scammers scamming scammers can benefit researchers

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Uber data stolen via third-party vendor

December 15, 2022 admin breachforums, data breach, grip security, lapsus$, lior yaari, MDM, Mobile Device Management, news, teqtivity, Uber, uber eats

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Uber is dealing with another cybersecurity incident after an attack on Teqtivity.

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Security Sophos

The scammers who scam scammers on cybercrime forums: Part 2

December 14, 2022 admin breachforums, exploit, marketplaces, RaidForums, scams, sophos x-ops, threat research, XSS

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 12:00:20 +0000

A shadowy sub-economy is more than just a curiosity – it’s booming business, and also an opportunity for defenders. In the second part of our series, we look at the different flavors of scams prevalent on criminal forums

Security Sophos

The scammers who scam scammers on cybercrime forums: Part 1

December 7, 2022 admin aaas, breachforums, exploit, Featured, marketplaces, RaidForums, scams, sophos x-ops, threat research, XSS

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:00:36 +0000

A shadowy sub-economy is more than just a curiosity – it’s booming business, and also an opportunity for defenders. In the first of a four-part series, we look at the forums involved, and how they deal with scammers scamming scammers